A pet peeve of mine happens to be people that ride or run on the wrong side of the road. Bicycles are required by law to travel in the same direction as traffic, and pedestrians should run opposing traffic. This time of year a lot of people invade Cape Elizabeth to train for the Beach…
CBS Sportsline Fantasy Football is a good service. It isn’t free, but you have a lot of control over how your league is run, and you have a lot of options as a member of the league to help you figure out your free agency moves. You can watch the status of games in progress…
Sportshoe Center is a local chain of athletic stores here in New England. They have locations in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts and New York. They are the principal sponsor for the Maine Marathon in Portland. I like this store. Their prices are better than MSRP, and fairly average for a “discount” athletic shoe. You…
This weekend I ran on Long Island (NY, not ME). I was not overly impressed with the runner friendliness. I started in Eastport and went through Speonk and maybe another town or two. The first road I was on had no sidewalks and no shoulder, sharp turns, and 50+ mile per hour traffic. I got…
The LL Bean 10k in Freeport, Maine was this morning. Ethan Hemphill won in 33:09, followed by Michael Payson in 33:11. Joan Benoit Samuelson won the women’s race. The LL Bean 10k is a scenic course that is not quite flat. There is a steep downhill at the start and around four miles, and some…
The 50 States Marathon Club was something I wanted to be a part of (I am 10% there). I never actually looked into it; I just assumed there was an actual club and if not that it was just a thing where you could say “Yeah, I ran a marathon in every state.” While searching…
Marathoning for Mortals was a big let down. I have to admit; I didn’t read most of this book. I can not see how it could be overly useful even to a beginner. The book was written by John Bingham and Jenny Hadfield. They have a very disconcerting style in the book where they write…
Now that I have done the legwork, there are 7 races that meet my criteria. My criteria is that they must be between September 1st and December 1st this year, and that they must be in New England, and that they must not be in Maine or Massachusetts. The races are: September 11: Stowe Marathon…
MarathonGuide.com is a site that I found last night that has the best list of marathons that I have yet seen. I am in the process of trying to find at least one but preferably two marathons that I can run this fall, and I searched a variety of sites to see what was available….
The BBC has an article about a new type of goggles designed by an industrial design student named Katie Williams. They are called the “Inview Goggles” and they feature a small compass which tracks when you change direction in the pool. They can tell you how many laps you have swum and how long you…